Wednesday, November 14, 2012

(Dark) Eldar Harlequins WIP

I've wanted to do a Dark Eldar Themed Harlequin unit for sometime now but wanted to do something unique and different than what I've seen before. I affectionately call them "Darlequins"

The coolest conversions I've seen in recent times were from Speedfreak's Harlequin Macabre army and taking a note right out of his book I went onto convert my own Harlequin characters.

Instead of a traditional jester feel for everyone, I decided to go the Masquerade/Carnival route and create characters based around some traditional terran ones. The Death Jester is the leader cause we're all united in death. The Shadowseer represents Wisdom and War is the Troupe Leader.

Honestly I can't even begin to tell all the pieces that went into them. Wyche, Hellion, Scourge and Kabal pieces were mixed with Empire, Bretonnian, Dark Elf, High Elf, Vampire Counts and Even Tomb King Bits!

DUDE! Awesome! I recently have begun my own quest to make a dark eldar/eldar army using mostly DE parts and would like to make my own Harlies to but wasn't sure how to approach it. (and have a hard time dismissing the classic '80s modls i have.) I might have to steal some inspiration from you! (By the way, I'll be posting my first such model, the first BeastMistress, soon on my blog if you're interested in seeing them... http://brinkschaostheory.blogspot.com )

THANKS! I also wanted to ask you about the second major obstacle I saw to making my own harlies: where to find masked heads. You've done a great job of that, even making your own. Where did the metal masked faces come from?

I made the masks form several bits sources. Like War is a modified Tomb Kings head and the Low-Born is a modified Sanguinary Guard head. Both were sliced and glue onto DE heads. The metal masks were from the arm piece of "the Masque" Daemon figure. You could buy a fine cast version of the figure and make a press mold for the faces and dupe them in Greenstuff.

Thanks everyone for all the compliments! I'm really glad with how they came out and I hope I can do them justice paint wise. This one will be pushing the boundaries of my painting skills but I'm up for the challenge :)

I really like the Plague Doctor, but I think that Magik might be my favorite depending on how the paint ends up. The blank face just gives so many possibilities that it can't be counted out of the running.

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Im an artsy renaissance man; A designer, an Illustrator, a Photographer, a Sculptor, a Model Converter & Painter. I enjoy all aspects of creativity and while I don't proclaim to be the best at anything, I know a bit about most things creative.
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